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    Adapting to climate change – how do poor people cope?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Climate change will increase the gaps between developed and developing countries, in terms of wealth, health and food security. This will make achieving goals to reduce poverty more difficult.
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    Addressing mistrust between governments and non-state service providers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Non-state providers (NSPs) of services play a vital role in poor and isolated communities. Some governments recognise the need to collaborate with them but most do not. How can partnerships between policymakers and NSPs, including local entrepreneurs, faith and community-based organisations, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) be made?
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    How donors fail at educating children in conflict-torn states

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Even in times of conflict, education is a basic human right. Yet out of the world’s 77 million children out of school, half live in conflict-affected fragile states – a disproportionate number. Why are these children losing out on attending school and what is needed to rectify this situation?
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    Corporate partnerships and community development in the Nigerian oil industry: strengths and limitations

    United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2007
    This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of different community development partnership (CDP) and poverty reduction initiatives for the Niger Delta, Nigeria, in the corporate-community relations strategies of Shell, Exxon Mobil and Total.
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    Global Information Society 2007

    Global Information Society Watch, 2007
    The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.
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    Alcohol, gender and drinking problems: perspectives from low and middle income countries

    Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005
    The central theme of this book argues that in order to understand alcohol consumption and its consequences, we need to better understand social and cultural influences on the differences between men and women. The countries specifically under discussion are: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uganda, Mexico, India, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
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    Making accountability count

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Accountability is fundamentally a relationship of power. When accountability mechanisms work, citizens are able to make demands on powerful institutions and ensure that those demands are met. Accountability is therefore about democracy, rights and citizenship.
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    Spaces for change?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Governance reforms in some countries have encouraged government officials to meet with citizens in formal meeting places to help make decisions at local and national levels. Citizens are increasingly able to participate in meetings, exchange information and negotiate agendas with state officials on issues concerning them.
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    Theatre helps explore citizenship

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Nigerians can explore their ideas of identity and citizenship through theatre. Songs, stories, dance and dialogue drawn from their everyday life help them with this.
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    Values and meanings of citizenship

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    What does citizenship mean to poor and socially excluded people? How do their views help us understand and analyse what ‘inclusive’ citizenship means?

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